Ahead of the third phase of the elections in Bihar, she had also appealed to voters to support Nitish Kumar and re-elect him as Chief Minister.

"Request you all in Bihar to please vote to re-elect Nitish Kumar ji as CM for greater need of our country & development in State," Mamata had tweeted.

Putting up a stunning show, the JD(U)-led grand alliance was today well on the road to gaining a thumping majority in the Bihar assembly and was set to defeat the BJP-led NDA convincingly.

As per the trends available in the counting of votes for 220 out of a total of 243 seats, the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance is ahead in 142 of them. A party or a formation needs 122 seats to get a simple majority in Bihar Assembly.

Nitish Kumar’s JD-U is ahead in 61 while its ally RJD, led by Lalu Prasad, is leading in 68 seats. The other partner, Congress, is ahead in 13 seats.